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November 13

Email in reference

I noticed an instance of an email of the author of a journal article included in a reference in an article. I frequently see emails removed from talk pages, to prevent spam, but I could not find a policy regarding the email of the author of a reference. An email might well be included in a actual journal article, but there does not appear to be a field for it in the templates for citing reference works. Is there a policy or guideline, or manual of style regarding including or excluding the emails of the authors of references? Edison (talk) 00:23, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

You mean email address and not an actual email. You are right that email addresses do not belong in references. WP:BLPPRIVACY says: "articles should not include postal addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, or other contact information for living persons". That policy is mainly for article subjects but applies anywhere living people are mentioned. And there is no reason to give the email address of dead people. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:42, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Edison (talk) 13:48, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

The first Trainer for the Comets

After reading the history of the Comets, it should be stated that the A.Comets was originally called the Kempten Comets. The first Trainer for the comets was Michael H. Romans, who coached the comets for approximately 14 years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.219.203.30 (talk) 00:25, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

There are two approaches you can take.

1. Find a web page supporting your claim, or you can use a book as a source. Read WP:Referencing for beginners. Edit the article to add the new information, citing your source.

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2. Go to the article's talk page, using the "Talk" tab near the top of the article, toward the left side. On the talk page, click the "New section" link at the top to start a new discussion. Suggest the change there, and perhaps another editor will see it and will be willing to make the change. ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 00:55, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

We have several articles about teams called the Comets but you apparently refer to Allgäu Comets. Did you actually read that article? It says three times that the original name was the Kempten Comets. The history section starts "The club was formed in 1982 as the Kempten Comets." It appears from my searches that the old trainer is called Mike Romans. I haven't found a single source saying Michael H. Romans. Do you have a reliable published source for that? PrimeHunter (talk) 01:07, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

IMDb Pro

Dear editors: I suspect that Draft:Joshua David Mintz is a copyright violation of the subject's IMDb Pro profile, but I don't have access to check it out. Is there an aspiring film star here who has an account and can take a look? —Anne Delong (talk) 04:02, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

@Anne Delong: It's a copyvio of https://www.nbcumv.com/executive/joshua-mintz/bios_read_more?division=1 --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:05, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, NeilN. I did try a Google search, but because the occasional word has been changed, the strings I chose didn't get any hits (sigh).

This was one of 3,300 or so G13 eligible AfC submissions which should be given a final check this month; we're about half-way through. If anyone wants to take one of the potential articles that I have fished out from the pile, HERE, and run away with it, please do. In particular, the ones left over from November 2013 will be deleted before I can get to many of them. —Anne Delong (talk) 15:52, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Article formatting

Is it just me, or is the Wikipedia sidebar missing on this page? I think it may be to do with the / in the article title?--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:09, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

If you mean the vertical strip down the left side, it looks normal for me. I assume you don't see the same thing on any other articles? ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 09:39, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

No, but it seems to have fixed itself now.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 10:54, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

need to know about the correct tag for Biography of Dr. Ravish

Hi

I would like to know about the tagging in the image uploaded by me...This image is provided by Dr. Ravish only...for copywriting issue, what tag i hve to use, so that this image can be used by wikipedia....

Msg received

License tagging for File:Dr Ravish-6.jpg[edit] Thanks for uploading File:Dr Ravish-6.jpg. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information.

To add a tag to the image, select the appropriate tag from this list, click on this link, then click "Edit this page" and add the tag to the image's description. If there doesn't seem to be a suitable tag, the image is probably not appropriate for use on Wikipedia. For help in choosing the correct tag, or for any other questions, leave a message on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 22:05, 11 November 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ravitondak (talk • contribs) 10:51, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Image: File:Dr Ravish-6.jpg ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 11:09, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

The initial problem is that you have not specified the license of the photo. The next problem is you can not specify the license as from your description above you are not the copyright holder. The copyright holder is usually the person who took the picture, not the subject of the photo. That person would have to specify what license they are willing to put on the photo. GB fan 17:25, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

and the copyright holder must either release it publicly, or must send a mail to our OTRS team (see donating copyright materials). We cannot just take your word that they agree to release it under license. --ColinFine (talk) 21:48, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Re-open a deleted article?

On behalf of Gail Brady and the Ann Curtis Irish Actors Agency, i would like to reopen the deleted article for 'Gail Brady' Gail Brady or start a new article for her with all the correct updated information? Can you please advise best? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkjefferson901 (talk • contribs) 10:52, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

I would strongly advise against doing so. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "correct updated information" but the article was deleted previously because its topic did not meet Wikipedia's notability threshold. A quick Google search returns virtually no results, so I'm not sure what kind of sources you'd be using for verification and proof of notability. I also suggest you look at WP:COI: Wikipedia discourages the editing of articles by people who are directly involved with the topic (e.g., an actor's article being edited by a representative). Scarce2 (talk) 12:49, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Dynamic IP and NOTHERE

I asserted WP:NOTHERE against an IP because they have zero article-space edits, and another editor had already applied an SPA tag. They countered that they have a dynamic IP address, implying that they have article edits under other IPs. If this is a reasonable claim, does it not free any IP from the same sorts of accountability that registered users are subject to? ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 13:28, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

It is a reasonable claim that they don't have a static IP address. There is no requirement for anyone to register an account and if they decide to edit as an IP we should not penalize them for it. The way I read their comment they aren't denying the fact that they are a Single Purpose Account (editor) just that they have made edits to articles under different IP addresses. They are still accountable, but it is herder to know for certain what they have done. As far as the nothere comment, someone can only make edits to talk pages but still be here to build the encyclopedia. They can offer great suggestions that get incorporated into articles. On the other hand someone can make all their edits to articles and not be here to build an encyclopedia. Where their edits are does not determine what they are here for, what they do tells us what they are here for. GB fan 16:56, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. So their counter about dynamic IP was beside the point, and both of us were misinterpreting NOTHERE. But I'm beginning to see the point of this userbox:

UARThis editor believes that account creation keeps people accountable here on Wikipedia.

‑‑Mandruss ☎ 17:23, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia panders to corrupt interests

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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"Although Wikipedia was founded by Jimmy Wales, he is not personally responsible for our content."

Wrong.

This is why I will never donate a penny to Wikipedia. They do as they are told. They are not allowed to tell the truth. Just what those in the gov/medical-military complex tell them to. So much for freedom of speech.

www.naturalnews.com/047630_Wikipedia_academic_bias_homeopathic_medicine.html

"By clicking the "Save page" button, you agree to the Terms of Use and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL with the understanding that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient for CC BY-SA 3.0 attribution."

No. I don't agree to anything. Post what you like even though I KNOW you won't let this go to anyone who cares. Thanks anyway... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.4.90.32 (talk • contribs) 14:05, 13 November 2014‎

This page is used to ask for help on how to use and access Wikipedia. If you have a concern about an article, you should go that article's talk page and discuss it there. GB fan 14:24, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

???

Hi, uh, I'm not exactly sure what's going on, but warnings have been popping up on my screen saying that I've been "making nonconstructive edits" and "vandalizing Wikipedia". To the best of my knowledge, I have never contributed to any Wikipedia page at all, and no one uses this computer but me, so I'm understandably concerned with this. I only use this site for helpful sources, and I'd really like to be left alone. So I'd like you to stop accusing me of something I didn't do, please.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.8.158.41 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 13 November 2014‎ (UTC)

To see the editing that has occurred from the terminal using your IP address 173.8.158.41, click here. There is actually quite a lot, and at least some of it has not been constructive. To avoid receiving such messages, you may want to consider creating an account for yourself. Dwpaul ^Talk 23:14, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

It doesn't have to be from the same terminal or Internet connection. See the box at the bottom of User talk:173.8.158.41. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:31, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

There is a common misconception that a computer or terminal is uniquely assigned an IP address. While some IP addresses are indeed static, such as those for web servers, most IPv4 addresses are assigned dynamically. (IPv4 addresses are a limited Internet resource and have been exhausted, so that Internet Service Providers, who will not get any more of them, assign them dynamically.) Some other Comcast user has been making unconstructive edits from 173.8.158.41, and being warned about them when you use Wikipedia is one of the limitations of being an unregistered editor. As noted above, and as mentioned on the talk page for 173.8.158.41, you can avoid receiving these warnings by creating an account. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:01, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

I thought you were going to say now there are IPv6 addresses.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:33, 14 November 2014 (UTC)